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Available in English for the first time, this highly acclaimed biography of Maria Lassnig chronicles the pioneering artist's journey from her beginnings in Austria to her eventual status as an internationally renowned artist.

Natalie Lettner’s publication Maria Lassnig: The Biography, now in print for the first time in English, chronicles Maria Lassnig’s journey and struggles in remaining true to her bold, singular artistic vision while fighting gender stereotypes and paving the way for future generations of artists. This extensive publication spans nine decades from Lassnig’s beginnings in Austria to her move to Paris during the 1960s, her time in New York from 1968 until 1980, her return to Austria later in life and her status as an internationally renowned artist. Translated from Brandstätter’s German edition of Natalie Lettner’s publication, this expansive biography features more than two hundred images, 70 of which are exclusive to the English translation.

Natalie Lettner, cultural and art scholar, has been working at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna since 2000, and has taught in Salzburg, Vienna, and New York as well as Forum Alpbach. She researches the interfaces between premodern and contemporary art as well as between so-called high and popular culture. Jeff Crowder, translator: lives and works in Vienna as a university lecturer, translator, and English teacher Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) was a visionary Austrian artist who developed body awareness works long before feminist body art was fashionable.